1 Four Good Reasons for Playing with Curved Fingers 1. When the fingers are straight, each finger has a different length. 2. — If your fingers are straight, the thumb cannot be properly used. == 3. Straight fingers will bend at the first joint, opposite to the motion of the key, delaying key response. Se When the fingers are curved, each finger has, in effect, the same length. Adal Curved fingers bring the thumb into the correct playing position. _ ee With curved fingers, keys respond instantly. You are IN CONTROL when you CURVE! = 4. — Moving over the keys will require turning the thumb under the fingers and crossing fingers overthe thumb. Curved fingers provide an ARCH that makes this motion possible. VERY IMPORTANT! Keep fingernails reasonably SHORT. It is impossible to curve fingers properly with long fingernails.